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A school bully at Rainier Elementary. Chaz torments Henry, physically and verbally, accusing him of being secretly Japanese. Chaz is a racist, and he uses slurs about any and all non-white people. By the time Henry is fifteen and runs into Chaz in town, he strikes Henry as a weak and bitter person, and Henry has the impression he will remain that way for the rest of his life.
Chaz Preston Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet quotes below are all either spoken by Chaz Preston or refer to Chaz Preston. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Flag Duty (1942)
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“‘I am Chinese,’” Chaz read out loud. “It don’t make no difference to me, shrimp, you still don’t celebrate Christmas, do you?”
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“Ho, ho, ho,” Henry replied. […] We do celebrate Christmas, along with Cheun Jit, the lunar new year. But no, Pearl Harbor Day is not a festive occasion.
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Downhill (1942)
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“I told you he was a Jap on the inside!”
Henry knew the voice. Turning around, he saw Chaz. Crowbar in one hand, and a wadded-up poster of an American flag in his other. A different kind of flag duty, Henry thought. The wooden door behind Chaz had long gashes where he’d scraped the poster off.
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Chaz Preston Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet quotes below are all either spoken by Chaz Preston or refer to Chaz Preston. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Flag Duty (1942)
Quotes
“‘I am Chinese,’” Chaz read out loud. “It don’t make no difference to me, shrimp, you still don’t celebrate Christmas, do you?”
[…]
“Ho, ho, ho,” Henry replied. […] We do celebrate Christmas, along with Cheun Jit, the lunar new year. But no, Pearl Harbor Day is not a festive occasion.
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Downhill (1942)
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“I told you he was a Jap on the inside!”
Henry knew the voice. Turning around, he saw Chaz. Crowbar in one hand, and a wadded-up poster of an American flag in his other. A different kind of flag duty, Henry thought. The wooden door behind Chaz had long gashes where he’d scraped the poster off.
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